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    Radar Detectors are obsolete here

    In the county I live in, the local police has gone to a system where there is camera's mounted to the patrol car and they sit in the median strip in the middle of town and read license plates.

    It...
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    Re: Police scanner model suggestions?

    I have to agree with Kmeleon - here in the State of Pennsylvania - the local police has banded together with the state police and is now a subscriber to the First Net.

    Unless there is a disaster...
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    Re: Pennsylvania: Operation Sneak Peek

    But you aren't supposed to speed in a work zone.
    It is only common sense not to do it!
    Take a trip with two cars, one traveling at 67 mph and one at 71 mph and drive 20 miles and see how far ahead...
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    Re: Ign interference what to do ?

    You will want to put two fuses, one on the positive wire, one on the negative wire - about 12 inches from the battery.
    That way if the wire chafes or shorts out, you will not catch the vehicle on...
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    Re: Ign interference what to do ?

    As with all mobile radios, the power should be ran directly from the battery.
    The battery acts like a filter, it smooths out the AC current from the alternator and gives you a true DC current to...
  6. Re: Not enthused with new line of scanning receivers...

    Well Mr. Q = my radio days started around 1969 - 70 and ended around 1979 when I realized that all of the class had left CB radio.
    By 1979 I was prepared to take the amateur radio exams, but there...
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    Re: A basic scanner question or two

    Methuselah is somewhat correct.
    However - FM works on the principal of capture effect.
    The strongest signals are received and the weaker ones are rejected.
    If you try to transmit two signals on...
  8. Re: Not enthused with new line of scanning receivers...

    Well, the bottom line is that American's are STUPID and LAZY.
    They do not want to do things themselves anymore - unless it saves them money!

    As a member of a local ham radio club, I can remember...
  9. Re: Midland 75-822 hacks or mods from 40 ch's to 120 ch's

    There is no such thing as a Free Band.

    In the world of radio spectrum, each part of the spectrum is already occupied by some type of radio service.
    When you illegally modify your CB radio to...
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    Re: Scanner and CB reccomendations

    A good multi band scanner will give you the option of being able to listen to some local radio traffic.
    My old Bearcat BCT 7 allows me to listen to both public service, citizens band radio, and...
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    Re: CB Radio Purchase

    One antenna was just as bad as the other.
    In order for the antenna to radiate properly, it needs to be placed beneath a ground plane.
    A ground plane for 11 meters - what you call CB radio - is...
  12. Thread: Cobra 29 LX

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    Re: Cobra 29 LX

    And when you wreck and the CB comes off the Dash and kills someone - who will be to blame?
    Mount it securely to steel structure somewhere in the vehicle.
    You need to make sure that you have enough...
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    Re: Need Help Cobra 19 ultra 2

    SWR does not affect reception.
    Reasons why you can't hear anything on your new ( Free ) CB radio.
    1. The antenna is not resonant.
    If the antenna is not resonant, then it isn't going to receive...
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    Re: best lowband antenna for a car?

    What do you mean by Low Band.
    Low Band is anything from 30 - 50 Mhz where I come from.
    High VHF is 155 - 157 Mhz.. Although the bands have been hacked up even further since the last time most of...
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    Re: Scanner and CB reccomendations

    To take a stab at it - CB requires someone on both ends, both you in your car, and someone else - in front of you or coming from the other direction, that is willing to talk to you and give you a...
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    Re: Scanner and CB reccomendations

    To take a stab at it - CB requires someone on both ends, both you in your car, and someone else - in front of you or coming from the other direction, that is willing to talk to you and give you a...
  17. Thread: Hi

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    Hi

    Hi everyone, not sure what to say.
    Just found the forum, have a couple of minutes to kill, figured I would join and say hi.
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